Friday, 27 September 2013

According to
the results of a new study published recently on Huffington Post, female
millionaires are much more likely to insist on prenuptial agreements before marriage, compared to their male
counterparts.

The study
focused on the dating, marriage and other related practices of the superrich
and involved millionaires, both males and females. The survey was conducted by
MillionaireMatch.com.

Approximately
15,000 millionaires were surveyed as part of the study.The survey found, not surprisingly,
that male millionaires have different dating expectations, compared to their
female counterparts. The study found that most or close to 80% of millionaire
males seek out females who are less well-off, or not millionaires.

However, in
contrast, about 82% of the millionaire women said that they would prefer to
date another millionaire. The researchers speculate that it is likely that male
millionaires are much more interested in sharing their wealth with the less
fortunate, while female millionaires are much more interested in protecting
their assets.

Similar
differences were seen in the attitude towards prenuptial agreements. When a
person brings millions of dollars in assets into a marriage, he needs to do
everything possible to protect those assets, considering that 50% of all
marriages end in divorce. However,
only about 17% of the millionaire males said that they would insist on a
prenuptial agreement before marriage. In sharp contrast, about 82% of the
female millionaires said that they would insist that their partner sign a
prenuptial agreement before walking down the aisle.

Clearly when
it comes to prenups and protecting assets, at least according to the survey
results, females seemed to be the sharper of the species.

Monday, 26 August 2013

The long
summer vacation can increase parental stress to the extent that they actually
end up considering divorce.

According to
a new study that was conducted in the United Kingdom, as many as 1/5th
of British parents consider divorce after the long summer break. According to
the survey that was conducted by an UK-based-divorce law firm, the holidays for
many British parents are not just about having fun with their children. They
are also a stressed time of the year.

The survey
was based on a questionnaire that was given to more than 2000 adults, and found
that as many as 1/5th of parents, actually consider divorce or
separation just before the children are due to return to school after the summer.
There are several reasons for this. For one thing, holidays can mean great
financial stress parents.

One of the
more common reasons why parents end up economically stressed is the need to
take expensive vacations with the family. Most of the people in the survey
admitted that they did feel high financial pressure during the summer holidays,
and it wasn't just the vacations that contributed to this. Expensive childcare
also contributed to the expenses for working parents.

Another
reason why parents often postpone their divorce or separation plans till after
the children's summer vacation, is timing. Many parents don't want to spoil the
summer vacations with news of an impending divorce, and therefore postpone
those plans till just before their children are due to return back to school.

Wednesday, 21 August 2013

The number
of motorists who drive in an impaired state after taking medications is high
across the country. However, it has been a challenge for the federal
administration to deal with this very pressing highway safety issue, because
many of these motorists are driving under the influence of prescription drugs,
like sleep medication.

However, Orlando car accident lawyers now see signs
that the federal administration is taking these challenges very seriously. For
instance, the Food and Drug Administration recently decided to reject a
petition filed by pharmaceutical giant Merck for a new sleep drug. Tests showed
that the sleep drug affected people’s driving abilities the next day.

Earlier this
year, the agency also warned persons who took common anti-allergy and cough and
cold medications like Benadryl, to avoid driving the next day, saying that many
of the sedative effects of such medications are likely to carry on into the
next day as well. In January, the Food and Drug Administration required
manufacturers of Ambien and other sedatives to cut down dosage requirements for
women by half.

The Food andDrug Administration also intends to more closely examine all sleep medications
that are currently available in the market, and plans to ask companies to
conduct more extensive driving tests using these drugs. The main concern has been the person’s driving abilities, not just a
few hours after he takes medication, but the morning after the person has taken
the medication. The effect of many sleep medications can continue into the next
morning, leaving the person feeling very drowsy and increasing his risk of
being involved in an accident.

While
everyone agrees on the impairing effects of many sleep medications and other
medications, there are no one-shot solutions. Medications
affect different people in different ways, creating a challenge in restricting
driving under the influence of these drugs.

Wednesday, 31 July 2013

The
increasing number of sex crimes being reported in the military has led to a corresponding
increase in the number of prosecutions targeting such crimes.

According to
new data released by the Marine Corps and Navy, suspected sex crimes accounted
for a significant portion of the major court martials that were conducted by
the Marines during the first half of this year.

According to
the data, during the first six months of 2013, there were 290 major court-martials,
and out of these, as many as 29% or 63 of the cases involved suspected sex
crimes.In fact according to the
data, the ratio of sex crime cases is even higher in the category of the most
serious court-martials involving local Marines.

For instance,
out of the 33 general court-martials that were conducted at West Coast Marine
Installations, as many as 54% or 21 were related to sex crimes.Out of these, seven cases involved sex
crimes against children.These
crimes included child pornography possession and indecent contact.

Sex crimes
against children are some of the most serious crimes that any person could be
charged with, and penalties can include lifelong registration on a sex offender
registry.Penalties can also
include long-term restrictions on where the sex offender can live, and a
requirement that he make any change in his address known to local police.

California sex crime lawyers know that the military is under tremendous pressure to
investigate sex crimes more thoroughly, especially after a number of
high-profile sex crimes in the military that have been reported in the
media.The military commitment to Congress
that it will stringently prosecute sex crime cases is no doubt responsible for
the spike in prosecutions.

Saturday, 29 June 2013

Local
prosecutors have dismissed sex abuse charges against a former swim coach at the
University of Utah.

The former
swim coach Greg Winslow had been accused of molesting a 15-year-old female
swimmer under his care at a swim club where he was the coach. Winslow worked at
the Arizona State University earlier as a former assistant coach, and soon
became the head coach of another swim club in 2005. Under his tenure, the swim
club had several swimming competition wins, and several of his members also
made to the US National Jr Team. He has had a very successful career.

In 2007, he
became head coach at Utah University, but in 2007, was dismissed from his
position when allegations of sexual abuse began to surface.

He has
outright denied these allegations that were made by the victim who is now in
her 20s. She filed a report against Winslow in 2012, alleging that he had
kissed and fondled her in his office at the Arizona State University swim club,
and also on some out of town trips.

Right from
the very start, these allegations against Winslow had several inconsistencies. For
example, the victim's family members, contemporaries and other coaches denied
that they had ever witnessed any kind of inappropriate behavior between Winslow
and the alleged victim. The victim then alleged that some of these incidents
occurred when the coach and she were on a swim trip
outside the state, which happens to be outside the jurisdiction of local
Maricopa County law enforcement.

Now, the
Maricopa County Attorney's Office has announced that it will drop sex abuse charges
against Winslow. It appears to Irvine
sex crime lawyers that a grand jury failed to present an indictment in this
case.

Friday, 28 June 2013

Lisa Robin Kelly, best known for her turn on
the hit“ That 70s Show” series
was recently arrested for DUI.This was not the actress’s first DUIarrest, and she was arrested
three years back for the same offence.

The arrest occurred when the actress's car
stalled on a road in Burbank, and California Highway Patrol officers arrived to
help her move her car.The
officers noticed signs of intoxication, and the actress was administered an
alcohol test.She was arrested
soon after, and has been released on a $ 5,000 bail.

The last time Kelly was arrested for DUI was
back in 2010, when she pleaded guilty to charges of driving under the
influence.Those charges were
filed in North Carolina, where she was arrested for DUI.The actress currently lives in North
Carolina.

In March 2012, she was arrested again on
suspicion of assault.That arrest
was linked to suspicion of spousal abuse.

Her mug shot after her DUI arrest has been
splashed across the media, as often happens after any celebrity is arrested for
driving under the influence.Reese
Witherspoon and her husband were arrested recently in a much-publicized DUI arrest
that also had their photographs publicized in the media.More recently, Erin Brockovich, the
woman behind the hit movie starring Julia Roberts, also had her picture
plastered in the media to wide ridicule after being arrested for DUI.

This kind of” picture shaming” on the part of
the media is extremely unfair, but Los Angeles DUI lawyers believe that this
practice is not likely to stop any time soon.Kelly has admitted earlier to a drinking problem that was
triggered by a miscarriage, which ultimately led to her being removed from the
show. Clearly, the actress is need of help for her problem, and not ridicule.

Wednesday, 29 May 2013

Convictions of clergymen who have been
convicted of child sexual abuse and child molestation have become so commonplace over the past decade, which they
don't even make the main headlines anymore.In the most recent such conviction, a former Catholic Deacon
in Alabama was sentenced to six years in prison on charges of child pornography,
but not before also confessing to sexual abuse of children in the past.

82-year-old Robert L. Nouwen has a solid reputation
in the community.However, in
spite of his reputation and advanced years, the judge was not willing to be
lenient with him.According to the
judge, it is important to take into account the defendant's conduct, no matter
what his age.

Nouwen was charged with ordering several
dollars worth of movies from a Canadian company.The US Postal Inspection Service was able to track down his
location.However, by the time he
was arrested, he had managed to destroy the movies.Officers searched his home as well as computer, but did not
find any evidence of child pornography.

The investigation was really not going
anywhere, and officers were ready to give up, when Nouwen admitted to buying
the movies.He also admitted to
numerous incidents of sexual abuse against young boys that he had committed in
the past.

According to the law enforcement officers,
they had no idea about these sexual abuse cases against young boys, and had not
intended any investigation for these.If he had not admitted to these crimes, they would never have had a
clue.

His attorneys say that the sexual crimes are
the result of an unnatural and undesirable family environment.He lost his mother when he was five
years old, and his alcoholic father then abandoned him.He was then put in an orphanage when he
was 12 years old, and was sexually abused at the orphanage.